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05/12/2011
Frontier Dumps FiOS Cable TV
Less than a year after paying a handsome $8.6 billion in stock for Verizon’s FiOS assets in portions of 14 states, Frontier Communications has decided to trash the cable-TV piece of the FiOS properties it purchased. The move has left communities in three states – Washington, Indiana and Oregon (where Verizon had won often hard-fought […]
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05/11/2011
Thai Pay-TV Operator Selects NDS
NDS has been selected by Thailand’s TrueVisions to secure and enable next-generation hybrid services for its subscribers. NDS VideoGuard, a pay-TV security solution, will enable TrueVisions to expand its HD services and hybrid set-top box (STB) deployment. NDS MediaHighway will lay the foundation for advanced services such as NDS XTV digital video recorder (DVR) functionality, […]
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05/11/2011
AAMP Releases Results of VOD Survey
The Phase I survey of the Advanced Advertising Media Project (AAMP), an industry-wide research initiative to measure the impact of advertising within free video-on-demand (VOD), yielded insight on the diversity of attitudes toward VOD advertising; the importance of marketing VOD as a product; and the need for a better understanding of consumer behaviors. The study […]
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05/11/2011
BigBand Deploys More SDV For Cox
Cox Communications has further expanded its switched digital video (SDV) architecture to new markets with BigBand Network’s SDV solution. Deployed in both Motorola and Cisco set-top box environments, Cox uses the solution to deliver more HDTV programming and services to more screens by increasing the bandwidth efficiency of its network. Cox began deploying the BigBand […]
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05/11/2011
HBO Selects Level 3 For HBO GO Mobile App Delivery
Level 3 Communications has been selected by HBO to be a provider of content delivery network (CDN) services supporting the new HBO GO mobile app delivery initiative. The application, which launched on May 2, gives HBO subscribers access to HBO programming on their Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch as well as select Android devices. To […]
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05/11/2011
Shaw Offers ARRIS' Multi-Room PVR Service
Shaw Communications, with over 3.4 million subscribers, has launched the ARRIS Whole Home solution in its Calgary system, to be followed by a nationwide launch in its other markets. To be marketed as the Shaw Gateway experience, the platform will initially feature the solution’s multi-room personal video recorder (PVR) functionality – consisting of a six-tuner, […]